Chapter 279 The Truth of Cronus (3)
A sudden meeting is called.
High-ranking aristocrats, including the Marquis of Memphis, were worried about Emperor Cronus’ unholy orders.
‘According to the news that has just been delivered, Duke Bamford’s 300,000-strong army has suffered a crushing defeat against Dmitry.
Since the knights of Kronos, including Hannibal, were slaughtered Modori, His Majesty the Emperor Cronus must be very angry.’
‘Damn Duke Bamford. I was sure of victory, but what kind of absurd result is this?!’
they’re still
I didn’t know the battlefield situation properly.
Roman Dmitri would not have criticized Duke Bamford’s commanding ability if he had heard that he had slaughtered a large army alone and that Isabel, Queen of Luna, had appeared.
What is certain is that Cronus tasted the humiliation of being brutally defeated.
It was clear that Emperor Cronus, who normally did not allow anything that would exceed the authority of the empire, would vent great anger at the outcome of this battle.
“His Majesty the Emperor is entering.”
servant’s words.
The conference room was frozen cold.
However, Emperor Cronus, who appeared under escort, was strangely different from usual.
Indifferent facial expressions and cruel words and actions.
It was the usual appearance of Emperor Kronos.
But now, when people saw him, his appearance was oddly lively.
He went inside without showing an indifferent expression enough to raise doubts about whether he was the same person, and he made eye contact with the high-ranking aristocrats and showed a strong feeling.
A sense of difference arose.
I can’t say specifically what the hell has changed, but I couldn’t shake off the sense of difference even though everything including the appearance was the same as before.
Emperor Kronos.
sat in the seat of honor
Greeted by high-ranking nobles, he spoke out of the blue rather than blaming the defeat.
“This war was started for an unfair reason. I will feel responsible and declare an armistice.”
“… What do you mean by that?”
“Your Majesty the Emperor. The war has already begun. Although the battle with Dmitri has been lost, some troops have already headed to the kingdom of Umberto and Odelia for operations. But suddenly there is a truce. We cannot resign like this, even in order to punish the arrogant Dmitri.”
People were perplexed.
Normally, he would not have dared to ask back, but he reacted against the incomprehensible decision.
It was natural.
The Kronos Empire is dreaming of conquering the continent, and this war was the starting point.
Defeat on the Western Front is but one battle.
While the eyes were focused on Dmitri, other operations were proceeding smoothly, and there was a good chance of reversing the situation at this rate.
There could be no truce.
At the strong resistance, Emperor Cronus stared at them.
“So you’re going to rebel?”
at that point.
All complaints have been sorted out.
Even the most powerful Marquis of Memphis bowed his head with a pale face at the single word of mutiny.
“… Absolutely not. Following His Majesty’s orders, we will proceed with a truce.”
Truce.
still unknown to the world.
Unexpected developments were decided in the Cronus Imperial family.
* * *
Kairos.
News of victory from the Western Front brought the capital of Cairo into a festive mood.
Roman Dmitri, who moved through the warp gate, headed to the meeting place while receiving cheers from the people.
“I am Roman Dmitri of the Dmitri Principality.”
“I am Isabel, King of the Luna Kingdom.”
Isabelle.
It was a unique existence.
Roman Dmitry asked the main point about the aura he felt from her.
“I heard an explanation about the situation so far. I’ll ask straight forward. What is the truth that Kronos is hiding? In my war against them, I met the so-called ‘shadows’. And today I found out that they are historical figures from old books. Sven Mystic Shaffir and even Alexander. Does the fact that people who shouldn’t exist in this world are still alive have something to do with the Cronus Empire dealing with ‘black magic’?”
There were many things to ask.
The relationship between Kronos and Luna.
And even the existence of Isabel, who had been neglecting the truth until now.
In response to a question that contained many questions, Isabel looked into Roman Dmitri’s eyes and paused for a moment.
yet.
she opened her mouth
“In order to fully understand what has happened, you need to know about the oracles that have been handed down from generation to generation. The oracle has this to say. a very long time ago The door to the world has been opened. The cold energy that came from it froze the world, and the oracle said that the disaster that was left in the world lasted forever. In fact, shortly after the oracle came down, the world tree that existed beyond the endless mountains froze.”
Isabel’s words.
It was what the Dwarf had said.
The dwarf had said in a similar vein that Arcadia was dying because the world tree had frozen.
however.
Unlike the dwarves, Isabelle was closer to the ‘truth’.
“What do you think the oracle refers to as the disaster? cold? germs? death? not all A catastrophe is the existence of a human being who falls through the gates of the world to the Salamander Continent. That’s when it started. Humans with greedy ambitions devoured the Kronos Empire and swelled up in an instant by embracing the power of darkness. By the time we noticed the creature’s movements, it had already reached a point where it was physically out of control. Therefore, the ancestors took on the role of guardians and controlled him so that he could not be active, but now he has become so strong that he can no longer be stopped.”
It was something ordinary people couldn’t understand.
You are a human who has crossed the dimension.
but.
Roman Dmitry was different.
Before he lived the life of Roman Dmitri, he was called Baek Joong-hyeok, the heavenly demon, so he accepted Isabel’s explanation as it was.
It was a problem I had been thinking about for a long time.
Are you really the first one to cross the dimension? If there was a being like himself before, what kind of life would that being live?
The doubts did not end there.
He couldn’t find out the secret of the dimension unless he directly revealed it like he was called Roman Dmitri.
Roman Dmitry asked.
“Who is that being?”
“He is Alexander. I am the emperor of the Kronos Empire who created Aura.”
It was a shocking truth.
Alexander.
That he was a being who moved from dimension to dimension?
If so, Roman Dmitry was able to establish a hypothesis.
‘Until Emperor Alexander appeared, the people of the Salamander Continent considered mana to be the exclusive property of wizards. But he changed the whole system. As a result, Aura Swordsman was born and the knights gained great power.’
blast furnace.
The existence that moved to the dimension with a high probability might have known how to handle mana from the beginning.
That is to say.
‘He could be from the same Jungwon Murim as me.’
It was just a hypothetical idea.
Roman Dmitri’s gaze convinced Isabel.
“Emperor Alexander is a being possessed by a soul from another dimension. When he first appeared in this world, according to a story passed down from generation to generation, Emperor Alexander revealed that he was not a descendant of the Kronos royal family, but a name that was difficult to pronounce, ‘Kim Pan-seok’. That is the truth I know.”
Panseok Kim.
It became clear.
He is Roman Dmitry no.
It was an existence that flowed from the ‘Jungwon Moorim’ like Baek Joong-hyeok, the heavenly demon.
* * *
Dismal space.
Here, the mysterious entity had ordered an attack on Dmitri.
Unlike that time, the mysterious being showed anger toward Mystique, who knelt down.
“Is that why Emperor Cronus declared a truce?”
“yes. It seems that the link was broken, and control of the body was temporarily taken away.”
“A tenacious boy. For generations, the emperors of the Kronos Empire have followed my control. However, this time, the emperor’s consciousness does not disappear as much as he has awakened his 5-star aura. But it doesn’t matter. The link was broken due to the shock caused by the Schephir, but what he can endure is a day or two at most.”
“Alexander. What will we do with Roman Dmitry?”
Alexander.
Mystique called his name.
Moment.
Alexander’s expression darkened.
Roman Dmitry.
It was such a big problem.
At first, when he appeared, I thought it was just an annoying obstacle, but I changed my mind after seeing Roman Dmitri through Sefir’s ‘eyes’.
Unexpected doubt turned into certainty. It was clear that the power used by Roman Dmitri belonged to a midfielder like himself.
but.
I didn’t know exactly what kind of power it was.
Alexander.
Exactly, Kim Pan-seok.
When he lived in Moorim, Jungwon, he was nothing more than a fool who did not know anything about martial arts.
* * *
That was a coincidence.
Panseok Kim.
He was just an ordinary commoner living under Mt. 100,000. He climbed the mountain and picked vegetables as usual.
But one day there were dark clouds in the sky.
As if God was angry, the sky sucked in something, but Kim Pan-seok looked at the scene in awe and accidentally got sucked into the sky as well.
And when I woke up
People called him ‘Alexander’.
It was confusing at first.
The fact that this place is a new world that has nothing to do with Joongwon Moorim. But soon I thought it was an opportunity.
When he lived as Kim Pan-seok, he was just a poor man who had to worry about his livelihood every day, but Alexander’s life was so splendid.
status as the emperor’s son.
Every moment was happy.
People lowered their heads and everyone was busy flattering themselves.
greed arose
As a member of the imperial family, he wanted to fully enjoy the wealth and glory that was allowed to him.
however.
As time went on, it reached its limit.
Alexander was not a fittest son, and there was no way for an ignorant fool to break through the limits of his origins and claim the position of emperor.
At that time, I don’t know how much I regretted my previous life.
The people of the Salamander Continent did not know anything about ‘martial arts’, and if they knew even the third-class martial arts, it was clear that they would have achieved great achievements.
The physical manifestation of mana was a revolution in the eyes of the people of this world.
The problem was that there was no knowledge in his head, and Kim Pan-seok locked himself in his room every day and tried hard to recall the memories of his previous life.
Moorim people.
It was not something common people would see.
One day, Panseok Kim recalled the memory of praising a being with his head bowed.
“Heavenly Demon Returns, Heavenly Demon Returns!”
“The Second Coming of the Heavenly Demon is blessed!”
if.
If you were that existence that everyone looked up to.
Wouldn’t life as Alexander be a little different?
I was angry.
Kim Pan-seok lived an insignificant and insignificant life in the slums, but now, born as Alexander, he wanted to hold wealth and power in one hand.
Life in the imperial family aroused longing.
Craving became greed, and even though he enjoyed incomparable things in his previous life, he always wanted more.
recalled the memory.
Then, suddenly, I remembered what a third-rate soldier passing by had told me.
“Martial arts is simple. The energy in the body… .”
his words.
I didn’t even understand it properly at the time.
Is that the right way or the wrong way.
Kim Pan-seok did not know the truth, but he grabbed the memories of Alexander’s previous life to rebound.
At first, it was a series of failures.
Slaves were called in and experiments were carried out, and when the bodies of the dead slaves piled up like a mountain, Kim Pan-seok witnessed the energy of mana forming an aura.
“… This is it!”
that day.
The legend of Alexander, the creator of Aura, began.
That was the truth of ‘Aura’ that everyone now regards as the truth.
